A giant, 4.5 oz. bottle of Noodler's Swishmix Glacier arrived from
Chuck Swisher today. This waterproof "eternal" blue ink goes down
initially with some turquoise highlights, but dries to a great-looking,
mid-spectrum true blue.

Even with a wet-writing bold nib, Glacier was quick-drying -- faster
than regular Noodler's waterproof inks. It showed no feathering on any
paper I tried, including two kinds of printer paper from Staples,
Cambridge yellow legal pad, Ampad steno notebook, Antioch spiral-bound
journal (from Barnes & Noble), Moleskine ruled notebook, and newsprint
(NY Times daily and Sunday crossword puzzles).

The color is nicely saturated, but not excessively so.
Waterproof/fraudproof qualities seem typical for Noodler's eternal
inks. Dunked in water, it didn't budge from the page.

This ink has a fruity aroma that users of Noodler's American Eel inks
will recognize. Like other Noodler's waterproof inks, it leaves a thin
coating on the nib while in the pen. (Not to worry, it washes right
off.)

Swishmix Glacier shoots right to the top of my list of favorite
Noodler's waterproof blue inks -- of favorite inks, period. I love it,
and want to run right out and try some of the other Swishmix colors.

Do you realize, Viseguy, what a run on that ink you are creating?

But, you know me, it's on my list for next time I purchase.

BIG, HUGE PROBLEM!!!! Swisher's doesn't have a scan of the color, and I don't know what it looks like. Could you please post a sample? Please, please, please?


(oh, I hope it doesn't look good - I've already spent too much on ink and pens. . . oops, did I say that out loud? . . . .)

Swisher eye dropper inks color swatch

It looks terrible! You DEFINITELY don't want any. In fact, you CAN'T have any! It's all mine, MINE! Nyah-hah-hah!!

I asked, no, practically begged for that, didn't I. Good one. You got me!

Good thing I'm not a blues person, that looks nice. I thought "Swishmix" was just a joking reference, didn't know it was Swisher's term. Kind of like that. I think the Spruce Green looks nice, but I just cannot invest any more $$$ into ink, I have way too much.

Me too! WAY too much. I just bought 3 more bottles of Swishmix -- Nile Ebony, Lakeshore Spruce, and Burgundy. The only expensive one is Spruce. The other 2 hardly cost anything at all. :bunny1:

But seriously, folks... these inks are great value for the $$$. The bottles are gigantic. I mean, don't put 'em next to the Robitussin or anything, because you might find yourself swallowing a teaspoon full of Glacier by mistake!

I am heavily tempted, since it is permanent ink (eternal), right? I was thinking of Wim's suggestion of possibly mixing a permanent with a non-permanent to get a nice colour. Darn it, stop tempting me!!!

{Sigh} I don't handle temptation very well. Now ordered are Glacier Blue, Burgundy and Verdun Green.

Hey Wim, did you do the burgundy reviews that you talked about or was I asleep?

Anyone happen to know if any of the Swisher fast-drying inks are "eternal"? I was under the impression that they weren't.

-Arnav

Hi Roger, Yeah, you were, dreaming about Etrurias .

I started doing two reviews , but still have to finish them. of course, in the mean time, I got another burgundy ink in .

It has been a bit busy at work lately, which is why they are delayed a bit. That and the amount of work involved in cleaning pens afterwards . Especially that last item, actually.

I promise: at least 1 of them will be finished this week.

Warm regards, Wim

Hi Arnav,

The Swisher fast-drying inks are not eternal. But some of the eternal inks are fast-drying.

I hope I didn´t confuse the issue too much .

Warm regards, Wim

Well, the cleaning is allowed and necessary, Wim, but to allow work to interfere with your avocation is inexcusable!

It isn't exactly waterproof but your writing will be permanent.

Emailed the nice swisher folks and they replied (in less than 20 minutes):


Me? I think that's just perfect. Off to order

Try saying "Swishmix" 10 times. I can hardly say it 5 times. It's almost as good a tongue twister as "soldiers shoulders", or "toy boat".